ABOUT THE FOUNDER

Christina Topacio, CEO & Founder

"My mission for JIG+SAW is to bring women together to build something great. JIG+SAW was born of out a need for community, a safe space where I could connect with women who wanted similar success but didn't want to do it alone. JIG+SAW has grown to be more than just physical; it's a community of women supporting one another as we pave our own entrepreneurial journeys."

Christina Topacio is Founder + CEO of JIG+SAW, a global creative community for female entrepreneurs and creatives. Her vision for JIG+SAW was inspired by her own personal need for a creative and communal workspace and community for herself. JIG+SAW's holds a robust network of female entrepreneurs in Los Angeles and nationwide to support entrepreneurs in their growth of their businesses, having access to a slate of professional resources.

Since launch in 2016, JIG+SAW has amassed a network of more than 3500 female professionals and entrepreneurs, executed brand partnerships with the likes of Nike and the Standard among others, created and published engaging social and digital media content/programming and hosted more than 60+ experiences for its community including a monthly speaker series, networking events, an online all-women's incubator, trade workshops and growing into new opportunities.

Prior to creating JIG+SAW, Topacio led global marketing campaigns for leading consumer brands as a senior Marketing executive. She and her team were responsible for the successful subscription box business and editorial platform for Beautycon as well as dominated on influencer marketing for brands like L'OREAL, LACOSTE, Refinery29, Garnier, eBay, Hearst Media, and Mattel. Her unparalleled knowledge of social and digital media platforms combined with the creation and strategic distribution of content that reaches millennial female audiences resulted in seven figure revenue for these regarded agencies and their clients.

"As I drove to our first location downtown to prep for opening, I knew at some point I needed to get all the feelings I had about JIG+SAW's coming together in words. I write better than I speak so I pulled over on the side of the road, opened Evernote and started writing. This manifesto was built out of genuine feelings for myself, for the women that walk through our doors and who voice their dreams, realities, fears and successes. I knew I personally wanted a reminder of what all this was and is for. Every morning, I look at these words and feel my heart race for the future. We are just beginning to kill it. For those who came before us to pave our freedom, let's continue to do so for our daughters, our friends and our future."